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J. H. BROWN. MUD GUARD FOR VE HIGLE HUBS.

No. 595,141. Patented Deo7, 1897.

T V Iii) lllllll/ lw/W/TNESSES INVENTOR I Allomey UNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HOLCOMBE BROWN, OF RIOI'ILAND, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- l-IALF TO HUGH O. OVERBY, OF SAME PLACE.

MUD-GUARD FOR VEHlCLE-HUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,141, dated December '7, 1897.

Application filed February 20, 1897. Serial No. 624,408. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HOLCOMBE BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richland, in the countyof Stewart and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mud-Guards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to certain newand useful improvements in attachments for vehicles ofvarious kinds and which I term a mudguard, the same being intended for use in connection with the inner ends of the hubs of the wheels and adjacent portions of the axle; and the object of my invention is to provide an attachment which shall keep the mud, sand, or other dirt from lodging upon these portions of the hubs and working its way upon the spindles of the axles.

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whereby the above results are attained in a simple, durable, and inexpensive manner, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of the axle of an ordinary vehicle having my invention applied thereto, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the hub of a wheel and its spindle upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1; and Fig. l is a detail sectional view on the line 4 4c of Fig. 2.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

1 represents the axle, 2 the spindle thereof, and 3 the thill-clip, all of any usual or ordinary construction.

Upon the inner end of each hub 4 is arranged a collar or sleeve 5, which fits closely the metal band usually placed upon that end of the hub and which is designed to rotate with the hub, and the collar or sleeve 5 is of sufficient width to project beyond the inner edge of the hub-band, at which point it is flared to form an annular flange 6.

A hood 7 is provided at each end of the axle, and this hood is designed to cover the collar or sleeve 5. This hood consists of an elongated member 8, which is shaped to conform to the upper surface of the axle-cap, to which one end is firmly secured by the thillclip, as clearly shown in the drawings, the other end being provided with a plate 9, semicircular in form and sufficiently large to cover the flange 6 of the end of the sleeve or collar 5, while the band 10, which is attached to the plate 9, projects over and partially surrounds the periphery of the sleeve or collar 5.

The band 10, at or near its lower extremity, is provided with a mud-scrapin g device which consists of a piece of leather or analogous material held within suitable supports upon the band 10, the outer face of which is adapted to bear upon the periphery of the sleeve or collar 5, and thus remove any mud, sand, or dirt that may lodge thereon during the rotation of the wheel. The supports for this leather consist of two plates 11, attached to the band 10, and the opening between these plates is contracted and the leather correspondingly reduced, which effectually prevents its removal, as will be clearly understood by reference to Fig. t of the drawings. The band 10 may be hinged, as shown, so that it may be turned back, and thus facilitate the removal of the wheel from the axle, in which event a suitable catch will be provided at the opposite end to secure it when again turned to cover the hub.

Beneath the axle I arrange a plate 11,which may be of any desired material, but in width corresponding to the width of the axle, one end being turned downwardly at a point adja cent to the inner end of the hub, while the other end passes beneath the axle-clip fastening. Thus the inner end of the hub is completely covered and will effectually exclude therefrom any dirt, sand, or other foreign matter.

It will thus be seen that my invention provides in a simple, inexpensive, and effective manner a device which will prevent any possible chance of mud, sand, or dirt of any doin the rim of the hood, and a scraper secured at one end to the inner surface of the rim of .15 the hood and bearing at its free end against the outer surface ofthe sleeve on the hub, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 2o ing witnesses.

JOSEPH I-IOLCOMBE BROWN.

Witnesses:

L. E. OARMOR, W. H. CRAWFORD. 

